Lian Erye's Road to Imperial Examination

Jia Lian found that the people who participated in the exchange meeting were all painting idiots. After showing and appreciating their own works, they sat down and chatted about painting, not talking about other things at all.

Mr. Jiang Run was very gentle and patient. He answered everyone's questions one by one, and even told everyone about his painting skills and experience without reservation, which shocked Jia Lian.

Generally speaking, masters keep secrets, and it is impossible to tell others about his painting skills and experience in detail, but this Mr. Jiang Run is very generous, sharing what he has gained during this period of time with everyone.

Although he has only been in contact with Mr. Jiang Run for a short time, Jia Lian has a very good impression of him.How should I put it, Mr. Jiang Run makes people feel very comfortable, like a spring breeze, which makes people like him involuntarily.

The fourth prince was also very gentle and kind to others, but he never gave him a very comfortable feeling.Compared with this Mr. Jiang Run, the fourth prince's gentleness and politeness seem to be deliberately pretended, while Mr. Jiang Run's gentleness is exuded from the bottom of his bones.

Wei Jiashen saw his students sitting on the sidelines silently, thinking that he was embarrassed to ask: "You can also ask Mr. Jiang Run for advice if you don't understand."

Jia Lian nodded slightly: "If I have any questions, I will definitely ask, but I don't have any questions now, after all, I only learn to draw." He has just entered the school now, and what he has learned is all basic content, and he hasn't learned advanced ones yet. content, so there are no questions to ask.

Wei Jiashen thinks about it too: "Then you should listen to their conversation carefully."

"Well, I will listen carefully." Just after listening for a while, he benefited a lot.This Mr. Jiang Run has a very high attainment in painting, and his ideas are unique and avant-garde.

Such a powerful person is not well-known at all. This Mr. Jiang Run is too low-key.Generally speaking, people who are indifferent to fame and fortune are older, because they have gained too much and experienced too much when they were young, and when they are old, they are somewhat disillusioned and don't care whether they are famous or not.However, this Mr. Jiang Run looks to be 25 or [-] years old, just the age when he is full of vigor and eager to become famous, but he is very low-key, which is too strange.

"Sir, how did you know Mr. Jiang Run?"

"Six years ago, when a few of us came to Yunyin Temple as guests, we met Mr. Jiang Run, and found that he also liked painting very much, so we chatted with him, and then we gradually became acquainted, and then became friends."

"Sir, do you know the identity of Mr. Jiang Run?"

Wei Jiashen shook his head slightly: "I don't know, we are not interested in other people's family background."

"Mr. Jiang Run looks very noble, and his family background should be very good."

Wei Jiashen said with a cold face: "I brought you here to let you learn, not to let you guess other people's family background. Your focus should be on painting, not Mr. Jiang Run's identity."

Jia Lian quickly admitted his mistake: "Sir, I'm sorry, I'm just curious about Mr. Jiang Run."

Wei Jiashen also knew that the child was very curious, so he didn't criticize Jia Lian any more, and his face softened: "Mr. Jiang Run doesn't want to reveal his identity, there must be his reasons, let's not go into it, this is what a gentleman does."

Jia Lian nodded after being instructed: "Sir, I understand." Indeed, the identity of this Mr. Jiang Run has nothing to do with him.

A group of people sat chatting under the ginkgo tree, talking and laughing, and the atmosphere was very friendly.

Jia Lian likes this kind of pure communication, without a trace of showing off, comparison, or snobbery, just simply discussing all things related to painting, completely immersed in the world of art.

Everyone had their lunch at Yunyin Temple, and in the afternoon everyone went their own way.

The scenery of Yunyin Mountain is very good. Even if you come here often, you will find a different beauty. It is a very suitable place for sketching.

"Jia Lian, you need to see more and feel the beauty of the mountain." Wei Jiashen urged.

"Yes, sir." The scenery here is really beautiful and very quiet. He doesn't want to go back after he comes, he just wants to live here. No wonder some people come here to live in seclusion.

"Yunyin Mountain is so beautiful, I will come here to live in seclusion in a few years." Li Daoqing sighed.

Wei Jiashen looked at his friend puzzled: "Why does it take a few years?"

Li Daoqing glanced at Jia Lian, smiled and said, "When Jia Lian wins the first prize, I will come here to live in seclusion."

Jia Lian smiled and said, "I delayed my husband's seclusion."

"You are my only student. I want to see the day when you are the number one student in high school, so that I will have no regrets in this life."

"Sir, I will try my best."

"By the way, there is a lake in one of the mountains, and the scenery there is the most beautiful place in Yunyin Mountain." Wei Jiashen looked a little proud and proud, "I discovered it last year. I didn't tell anyone. I'll take you there."

Seeing the triumphant look of his friend who picked up the treasure, Li Daoqing couldn't help laughing: "Take us there, and I'll see how beautiful it is."

Jia Lian and Li Daoqing followed Wei Jiashen around the mountains, and finally arrived at the place Wei Jiashen said.

The blue and clear lake is crystal clear and exquisite, like a piece of beautiful jade lost here.Surrounded by ancient trees and surrounded by many colorful wild flowers, the lake is so beautiful that people can't take their eyes off it.

Occasionally, there is a sound of birdsong in the mountains, which adds a touch of mystery to this place.

Jia Lian and Li Daoqing exclaimed at the same time: "It's so beautiful!"

"Isn't it beautiful? When I discovered it last year, I thought I had entered a fairyland on earth." Wei Jiashen's tone was full of showing off.

Jia Lian nodded in agreement: "It's really a fairyland on earth!" He has never seen such a beautiful place, but it's a pity that he doesn't have a camera now, otherwise he must take pictures.

"You really found a good place."

"Let's go to the lake for a walk."

The three of them walked to the lake, only to find that there were other people there. It was an old man sitting by the lake fishing.

Seeing someone coming to his fairyland on earth, Wei Jiashen frowned dissatisfiedly: "Why is there someone here?"

Li Daoqing raised his hand and patted his friend's shoulder, and said jokingly: "This is not your place, others can come here naturally."

"I thought I was the only one who discovered this." Wei Jiashen now feels like he finally found a huge treasure. Just when he was complacent and thought he could monopolize it, he found out that someone else had discovered this treasure and wanted to share it with him. Treasure, I will naturally be unhappy.

"Such a beautiful place should be seen by more people."

Wei Jiashen turned his head to look at Jia Lian: "Daoqing and I will have a look around, you can walk around by yourself, appreciate the beautiful scenery here with your eyes and heart, and then draw it when you go back."

"Yes, sir."

Wei Jiashen and Li Daoqing took a step ahead and walked around the lake.Jia Lian didn't leave in a hurry, but looked around first, and the more he looked, the more beautiful he felt.

This lake is not big, round in shape, about three meters in diameter.The surface of the lake is like a mirror, the blue sky and white clouds, and the clusters of ancient trees and flowers are reflected on the surface of the lake.

Jia Lian felt that such a beautiful scenery should be painted with oil painting.Fortunately, he brought a drawing board and paints with him when he went out, but they were kept in the temple.When you get back, you can draw it.

He was not in a hurry to paint, and walked around the lake like Li Daoqing and the others.The lake water is crystal clear, and you can see smooth stones at the bottom of the lake and fish freely in the water.

After walking for a while, he came to the old man's side.The old man was a little strange. The three of them suddenly appeared, but he didn't respond at all, as if he didn't see them.

Jia Lian looked at the old man. He was wearing a gray coarse cloth, with gray hair, not many wrinkles on his face, and his face was not very vicissitudes. He looked about 60 years old.

He found that the old man's fingers were fair and slender, not like the hands of a farmer, and he knew that he had not done rough work at a glance, and he looked like a pampered person.

Could this old man be a layman living in seclusion on Yunyin Mountain?

Jia Lian took a closer look and found that there was no fish near the old man's hook.There are obviously many fish in the lake, and the old man has bait on his hook, but none of the fish eat his bait, which is really strange.

"Grandpa, what is your bait made of?" Jia Lian couldn't help but ask curiously.

Hearing Jia Lian's question, the old man raised his eyes to look at him, and said lightly, "Earth Dragon."

Earthworm?

Jia Lian didn't realize what it was for a while, but soon remembered what Dilong was, and it was an earthworm.

Squatting beside the old man, Jia Lian looked at the fish swimming in the lake, with a puzzled look on his face: "Don't fish like to eat earthworms the most? Why don't they take the bait?"

"I don't know either." This is what the old man didn't understand the most.He used the earth dragon to fish before, and it was successful.However, this time the earth dragon did not catch a single fish, which is really weird.

Jia Lian thought to himself, could it be that the fish in this lake have become fine and don't like to eat earthworms?

The old man took out a jar from the cloth bag he was carrying, opened it to Jia Lian, and it was full of earth dragons.

"The earth dragon is fat and big. Fish should like it very much. I don't know why they don't like it this time?"

Jia Lian smelled a strong and pungent fragrance, and immediately black lines covered his face: "Grandpa, what did you put in the earth dragon, why is it so fragrant?"

"I put spices." The old man said seriously, "I heard that spices in the bait will make the fish take the bait."

When Jia Lian heard this, the corner of his mouth twitched violently: "..."

Seeing that Jia Lian's expression was wrong, the old man asked suspiciously: "Is it wrong to put spices? I heard that if you add fragrance to the bait, the fish will like it."

Jia Lian looked at the old man in front of him, and he was even more sure that this old man was not a farmer, but should be born rich.

"Fish love scented baits."

Hearing the Lord's words, the old man had an expression of "I'm sure I'm not wrong".

"But the scent is not the scent of spices."

The old man asked, "What kind of fragrance is that?"

"If you want your bait to smell, just put some wine in it."

"Wine?" The old man raised his eyebrows in surprise, "The smell of wine?"

"Yes, you can chop ground dragon, mix it with flour, rice, and worms, and then add some white wine. Fish like this kind of bait." He also liked fishing in his previous life, so he can relax wholeheartedly.I often search for bait recipes on the Internet and make bait by myself.

Hearing Jia Lian's words, the old man was surprised: "Can you still do this with bait?"

"Of course, you can also put some fruit in."

"It's because I'm ignorant." The old man sighed in his heart. There are so many articles on a small bait, and he thought that all he needed was an earth dragon.

"You can try it, it will work well."

"Okay." After the old man finished speaking, he looked at Jia Lian in surprise, "You know how to fish?"

"Yes."

"I see you know bait so well, do you often fish?"

"Occasionally go fishing, the method of making bait is still what the fishermen say."

The old man looked puzzled: "No wonder." The fisherman naturally knows what is the best fishing method.

"Did Grandpa just start fishing?"

The old man nodded slightly: "Well, I only started fishing in the past two days."

Jia Lian thought, no wonder they mix spices and earthworms together.

"How did you, a child, come to this mountain?"

"I came with my husband." Jia Lian pointed to Wei Jiashen and Li Daoqing in the distance.

"What are you doing in the mountains?"

"Enjoy the view."

The old man nodded slightly: "The scenery here is not bad."

"Grandpa, I won't disturb your fishing anymore."

"Go and do your work, I'll dig the dragon."

Jia Lian felt that the old man in front of him was not a fan of fireworks, maybe he couldn't even dig earthworms well, so he thought for a while and said, "Let me dig it for you."

"That's good." He hasn't dug the earth dragon yet, and if someone helps him, he won't have to do it himself.

Jia Lian rolled up his sleeves, found a branch, and started digging.After digging for a while, he found that the old man was sitting motionless, watching him dig earthworms with black lines on his face.The old man was really rude. He said he would dig earthworms for him, but he would not dig them himself.

The old man didn't feel ashamed at all that he didn't do it, on the contrary he took it for granted.

Jia Lian dug for a while and found some fat and big earthworms.

The old man seemed very satisfied with the earthworms Jia Lian dug out, and he looked at him with appreciation: "Good job."

Jia Lian: "..." This old man should often give orders, so he feels that it is right for him to help him dig earthworms.

While threading the earthworm on the fishhook, the old man asked, "What's your name?"

"My name is Jia Lian." Jia Lian felt that someone asked his name, so he should ask, "Grandpa, what's your name?"

"My surname is Lin."

"Grandpa Lin."

"You are a good kid."

"Grandpa Lin, I won't disturb your fishing anymore."

Grandpa Lin waved his hand: "Go and do your work."

Jia Lian laughed helplessly when he saw that Grandpa Lin acted like he didn't want to disturb me doing important things, and started walking around the lake without saying anything.

Wei Jiashen and Li Daoqing waited for Jia Lian to come to them and asked, "What were you talking about with that old man just now?"

Jia Lian told the two gentlemen what happened just now. After hearing this, the two gentlemen laughed and said, "It should be an expert who lives in seclusion here."

Jia Lian didn't think it was like it, it was more like an old man from a rich family came here to play.

The three stayed by the lake for a long time, only to leave when it was getting late.

When leaving, Jia Lian saw that the old man was still there, so he thought he should go over and say hello.

"Grandpa Lin, did you catch any fish?"

Grandpa Lin patted the bamboo building at his feet and said happily, "I caught a big one."

Jia Lian looked down at the bamboo building, and it was indeed a big fish, probably weighing half a catty.

"Congratulations, Grandpa Lin."

"It's a pity that I didn't catch the second one, otherwise I will give you one."

"Grandpa Lin, if you give me a fish, I can't take it either."

"why?"

"My husband and I live in Yunyin Temple. It would be disrespectful to Buddha to bring a fish back." Jia Lian smiled and said, "But thank you for your kindness."

"How many days are you going to stay in Yunyin Temple?"

"Two or three days."

"During this time, I will always be in Yunyin Mountain, and I will always be fishing by the lake. Come to me before leaving, and I will send you some fish."

"I will definitely come to you." Seeing that it was getting late, Jia Lian reminded, "Grandpa Lin, it's getting late, you should go back quickly, or you will be in danger." It is daytime, and there is no danger in the mountains.When it gets dark, the beast will appear, and it will be very dangerous at that time.

"It's time to leave." The old man put away his fishing rod and prepared to leave.

"Grandpa Lin, come with us."

"The road is different."

"Then be careful on the way, I'll go first."

"kindness."

Back at the temple, we all sat together for dinner and chatted about the harvest in the afternoon.After dinner, each of them went back to their respective rooms and drew a picture of what they had gained this afternoon.

Jia Lian used oil paintings to paint the beautiful scenery of the lake, and also painted the old man fishing by the lake.

In the morning of the next day, everyone sat together again to share the pictures they drew last night.

When it was Jia Lian's turn, everyone was shocked when they saw his paintings.Because Jia Lian's painting had too much visual impact on them.

"What kind of painting is this?"

"It looks haphazard, without any lines."

"Never seen it before."

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Jia Lian's paintings are oil paintings with bright tones and bold colors, but they are very realistic, very lifelike, and very beautiful.

Jiang Run asked in surprise, "Is this a Western painting?"

Jia Lian nodded slightly: "This is a Western oil painting."

Jiang Run stared at Jia Lian's oil painting with burning eyes, and his voice was full of admiration: "The colors are vivid, bright and warm, and the light and shadow are perfectly combined." The blue sky and white clouds are reflected on the lake in the painting, and there is also a faint shadow.Even the reflection of the figure of the old man fishing by the lake was drawn on the lake.

"A good painting, really a good painting."

Jia Lian was a little embarrassed by the praise, and said modestly: "Mr. Jiang is too proud."

Jiang Run got his gaze from the painting, and looked at Jia Lian burningly: "Where did you learn Western painting?"

"I've seen foreigners paint this kind of painting before, and I was very surprised. I asked him how to paint this painting. He said that oil painting should pay attention to color, light and shadow, and space."

Jiang Run had seen western paintings before, and someone gave him western paintings, but he felt that the western paintings were too rough and the colors used were very weird, so he didn't like them.Unexpectedly, when he saw Jia Lian's western painting today, he suddenly realized that his thoughts were wrong.Western painting is not as bad as he imagined, on the contrary it has its own charm.

"Jia Lian, can I exchange my painting for yours?" Jiang Run couldn't help but collect it when he saw a good painting.

When Jia Lian heard this, she couldn't help being shocked, her eyes widened in astonishment: "Huh?"

"I like your painting very much, can you exchange it with me?"

Wei Jiashen raised his hand and patted his student's shoulder, motioning him to agree quickly.

Jia Lian came back to his senses after being photographed by Wei Jiashen, and said flattered, "Of course." How can his oil painting compare with Mr. Jiang Run's painting.

Jiang Run exchanged the landscape painting he painted last night with Jia Lian's oil painting.

"You are very talented in painting." Jiang Run looked at Jia Lian with admiration.

"Thank you, Mr. Jiang, for your compliment."

"I didn't like Western paintings before, but seeing your Western paintings today, I changed my mind."

"Actually, Western paintings are also beautiful."

"Indeed." Jiang Run seemed to have opened the door to a new world, full of curiosity and exploration about the new world, "It seems that I have to find a foreigner to learn Western painting, and we can exchange more Western paintings in the future."

"Mr. Jiang, I only know a little bit."

"I think you draw well, and we can communicate more in the future."

"If you don't mind."

In the following time, Jiang Run came to Jia Lian to discuss oil painting.

Seeing Jia Lian being appreciated by Jiang Run, the others were very envious, but they would not be jealous.

Jia Lian and the two gentlemen stayed in Yunyin Mountain for three days. Apart from admiring the beautiful scenery in the mountain, they spent three days painting and communicating.

The afternoon before leaving, Jia Lian went to the lake to find the old man, and sure enough the old man was still fishing by the lake.

"Grandpa Lin, how many fish did you catch today?"

Seeing Jia Lian coming, the old man smiled at him: "I made the bait according to the recipe you said, and it worked very well. I caught a lot of fish in the past two days."

Jia Lian looked down at the bamboo building at the old man's feet, and sure enough there were a lot of fish inside.

"Congratulations!"

"Let me tell you, the fish in this lake are very fresh and tender, without any fishy smell, and very delicious." The old man smiled happily like a child.

Seeing the old man's appearance of being treasured, Jia Lian couldn't help laughing: "The water in this lake is clear, and the fish raised must be delicious."

"Well, it's very delicious." The old man feels very fulfilled now, and it's the first time he has caught so many fish.

"Grandpa Lin, I'm leaving later, so I'll come over and talk to you."

"All the fish in the bamboo basket are given to you, thank you for giving me the bait recipe." The old man said very embarrassingly.

"Give it all to me?" Jia Lian looked surprised, "Then what are you having for dinner?"

"I also caught a lot of fish yesterday, and I haven't finished eating yet." The old man said generously, "Take these away."

This was the old man's wish, Jia Lian didn't refuse, just accepted it, and said to the old man gratefully: "Grandpa Lin, thank you!" This old man who doesn't eat fireworks is quite cute.

The old man suddenly asked, "Do you like fishing?"

"I like it." He really likes the feeling of devoting himself to fishing and not thinking about it.

"There's a chance we'll go fishing together."

"Okay." Jia Lian saw that it was getting late, and it was time for him to leave, "Grandpa Lin, I have to go, so you should leave quickly."

"Well, be careful on the road."

"Thank you for the fish." Jia Lian took the bamboo basket and left.

When Jia Lian left, the old man suddenly said, "What do you think of this child?"

"Not bad." Suddenly, a man appeared from behind the tree. He was thin and ordinary-looking, but his eyes were very sharp.

The old man nodded in agreement: "It's pretty good."

The man walked up to the old man and said respectfully, "Master, it's getting late, it's time to leave."

The old man raised the fishing rod suddenly, and a fat and big fish appeared on the hook.

"Lucky, I caught another one."

The man stepped forward and took the fish off the hook.

"This child came to Yunyin Temple to participate in the gathering made by the second child, right?"

"Yes."

The old man said with a half-smile, "Second brother really has leisure and elegance."

The man didn't comment on this. After all, the second child in the old man's mouth is not something he can comment on.

"Let's go, we have to change places tomorrow." The fish here are almost full, so it's time to change places.

"Master, you have been out for several days, it's time to go back, otherwise the young master will send someone to look for you back again."

After Jia Lian said goodbye to the old man, he left Yunyin Temple with the two gentlemen.When he was almost home, he shared some fish with the two gentlemen.

Seeing that Jia Lian came back with fish, Mother Zhao couldn't help feeling strange: "Master, why did you go to buy fish?"

"No, it was given to me by an old man. Give it to the kitchen, and let the kitchen cook the fish tomorrow."

"Ok."

Jia Lian went back to the study and gave Xing'er the painting that Jiang Run had given him, and asked him to find someone to frame the painting tomorrow, and he wanted to hang it in the study.

This painting will become very meaningful after a few years, and Jia Lian has also become the envy of everyone.